Mahalaya Pitru Paksham Annadhanam from 09/08/2025 to 09/21/2025

Dear Devotees, 

Mahalaya Pitru Paksham falls from 09/08/2025 to 09/21/2025. One of the important activity is performing pitru-tharpanam (offering oblations to the ancestors) during Mahalaya Paksham to please our ancestors, thank them for their contribution in our lives, seek their blessings and pray for peace and prosperity in all walks of our lives.

The legendary significance behind Mahalaya Paksham can be found in the Mahabharata. Karna, the renowned benevolent hero of the Mahabharata was well known for his charity. When Karna departs from his mortal body to ascend to the higher worlds, he receives a hundred fold of gold, silver and other riches in return for his great generosity and charity…but only gold and silver without any food. When Karna prays to the God of Death (Yamadharma), the God of Death tells him that donating / providing food (Anna dhaanam) is the highest form of charity and that he needs to go down to the earth for a fortnight to make up for what he had not included as part of his charity.

Karna descends back to the earth and for fourteen days he feeds Brahmins and the poor, offering oblations of water (tharpanam). Upon his return to the higher worlds, he is given plenty of food. This fortnight Karna spent on earth is called Mahalaya paksham or Pitru-paksham. By the Grace of The God of Death, it is ordained that offerings of food during this period will benefit all the departed souls irrespective of their connection to us.

Such is the importance of pitru-karma and we are doing my little bit to help and provide an opportunity to all our devotees to take part in this religious activity. all devotees to avail this opportunity to perform tharpanam and seek the blessings of the ancestors for a healthy, wealthy, happy and prosperous lifestyle

Annadhanam will be served to devotees on Banana leaf.

Mahalaya Pitru Paksham Annadhanam Suggested Donation $116.00.